His beating on the kettledrum brought honor to his family.

他敲击铁鼓为他家人带来了荣誉。

" Cobbles and kettledrums! " thought Trumpkin. " I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlight climb and broken necks."

“上帝保佑，上帝保佑！”杜鲁普金想道，“但愿这疯狂举动不要以趁着月光攀岩然后摔断脖子结束！”

Did you never meet, far down the street, With plumes and banners gay, While the kettle, for the kettledrum, Played your march, march away?

难道你不曾在街边上，遇上挥舞鲜艳羽毛和旗帜队伍，当作鼓水壶咚咚敲着进行曲，伴随你行进步？

Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village, and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions.

年三月，衣衫褴楼吉卜赛人都要在村边搭起帐篷，在笛鼓喧嚣声中，向马孔多居民介绍科学家最新发明。